AETN Foundation Ambassadors Circle Lending Library The Lending Library is open only to Ambassadors Circle members and can be accessed by calling Karen Cooper at 1-800-662-2386, or 1-501-730-9310, or by emailing [email protected]. Each program listed is available on a first-come, first-served basis and has a two-week loan period. AETN Productions - DVD AETN Presents: Front Row with Trout Fishing in America – My Best Day (2006) – DVD There is no better way to experience Trout Fishing in America than LIVE in concert. My Best Day is just that . A live family concert with Grammy- nominated recording artists Keith Grimwood (bass), Ezra Idlet (guitar) with special guest, multi-instrumentalist Fred Bogert. Intelligent, witty and fun, their music cuts across the generations from toddlers to grandparents bringing them together with songs full of the extraordinary as well as the everyday things that make life great! Arkansas Nature Trilogy (2003) – DVD This DVD contains three special programs featuring the scenic beauty of the Natural State: Arkansas Serenade, Arkansas’ Natural Wonders, and An Arkansas Autumn. With no narration, only inspiring music and the symphony of nature, these three programs celebrate Arkansas’ diversity of landscapes and the majesty of the seasons. 90 minutes. Bayou Bartholomew – World’s Longest Bayou (2013) DVD From its meager beginnings in a fern-laden area near Pine Bluff, Arkansas – Bayou Bartholomew has the unique distinction of being the longest bayou in the world. It stretches for 359 miles before emptying in the Ouachita River near Sterlington, LA. It’s one of the most diverse streams in North America, containing 117 species of fish and 197 birds. This one-hour documentary, produced and hosted by Chuck Dovish, explains the history of the bayou dating back 3,000 years. Once overlooked and neglected in American history for its contribution in developing the heart of the Delta, Bayou Bartholomew’s true story is told by the people who lived along it, dating back to the steamboat and plantation days. Approximately 57 minutes Beautiful America: Tim Janis (2004) – DVD Narrated by George Clooney – Join us for a celebration of the beauty of America’s National Parks. From Yosemite to Mount Rainier, Acadia to the Great Smokey Mountains, it’s an evening of unforgettable imagery and music. Composer Tim Janis provides the lush instrumental score performed live with a fourteen piece concert ensemble. The result is a gorgeous collection of new music inspired by the beauty of America combined with stunning images of our National Parks. The Buffalo Flows (2009) Written and produced by Larry Foley, this documentary captures this outstanding 135 mile river, free of dams, that was the first national river to be designated in the United States. It’s a story about the bluffs and trees, flowers 2 | P a g e and birds, and giant elk. It’s also about the people who make their homes in Buffalo River country year round. 60 minutes. Celebrating Arkansas IV (2004) - DVD Watch daring souls hang glide through the River Valley at the Mt. Nebo End of Summer Fly-In. Check out the Wild Hog Music and Motorcycle Festival in Helena. See beautiful and pampered pets at the Arkansas Feline Fancier Associations’ Annual Cat Show. The brick car derby is sure to delight kids at Brickfest in Malvern. And groove to the blues at Blues in the Natural State in Fayetteville, the Riverfront Blues Festival in Fort Smith, and the legendary King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena. Approximately 60 minutes. Champion Trees (2014) – DVD This original AETN documentary celebrates the reverence these centuries-old trees can evoke in all who see them. Featured in the program are Hot Springs artist Linda Williams Palmer and her remarkably detailed drawings of the natural arboreal wonders. After watching this documentary, viewers will gain a new appreciation of the stately giants, never again seeing them as ‘’just trees.’’ Approximately 56 minutes. City of Visitors: The Story of Hot Springs, Arkansas (2004) – DVD City of Visitors tells the story of how a small Southern town underwent decades of struggle over its moral and civic identity. Told through the eyes of local historians, journalists, and those who grew up in Hot Springs, the documentary paints a vivid picture of the transformations that took place in America’s Southern states after World War II when the old systems of patronage and machine politics gave way to civil rights and open government. 90 minutes. Exploring Arkansas – Arkansas’s National Parks (2009) – DVD Host Chuck Dovish takes viewers on a tour of Arkansas’s six national parks in this one hour special. Included are: Hot Springs National Park, Buffalo National River, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Little Rock Central High National Historic Site; and Fort Smith National Historic Site. 60 minutes. Fuzzy-Wuzzy, Cute & Cuddly: A Baby Animal Album (2004) – DVD Set to music with no narration, this program captures the antics of baby animals as they play, eat and explore the world around them. From backyard pets to our farmland friends and wild woodland babies, this video is sure to delight everyone in the whole family. 40 minutes. 3 | P a g e Historic Bridges of Arkansas (2005) – DVD AETN partnered with the Arkansas Highway Department to produce this program in order to preserve Arkansas’ historic bridges, several of which are lost each year to the ravages of time and the demands of a modern roadway system. Featured in the program is Hendrix College Assistant Professor of Art Maxine Payne, an artist and photographer who spent three years traveling throughout Arkansas to photograph and chronicle historic bridges for the highway department. While Payne is responsible for visually capturing the bridges’ unique qualities and connections to the lives of Arkansans, Robert Scoggin, historic resources coordinator for the AR Highway Department, presents the “hard facts” about the structures as well as the importance of the bridges’ preservation. It Started Here: Early Arkansas & The Louisiana Purchase (2003) - DVD Chronicles the people and land of Arkansas, the signing of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the story of the 1815 land survey that began in a swamp in Eastern Arkansas and leads up to Arkansas statehood in 1836. 30 minutes. The Lost Squadron Trilogy (2005) – DVD A “must see” for aviation enthusiasts, this trilogy brings to life the history of the P-38 war bird, from the history of the lost squadron crash and abandonment on the Greenland ice cap during WWII, to the expedition that recovered one of the P-38s and the restoration work on the aircraft, and its remarkable rebirth and first flight. Includes The Lost Squadron, When Lightening Struck: Saga of An American War Plane, and The Flight of Glacier Girl. The Old Gray Lady: Arkansas’s First Newspaper (2006) – DVD The Story of the Arkansas Gazette 1819-1991. Academy Award Winning actress Mary Steenburgen lends her voice to the telling of the long proud history of The Old Gray Lady. From her beginning in 1819, before Arkansas was even a state, to her final day October 18, 1991. Produced in cooperation with the University of Central Arkansas. Their Journey: A Verterans’ Tribute Tour (2007) – DVD America’s tribute to our “Greatest Generation,” the National World War II Memorial, wasn’t dedicated until the spring of 2004 – 59 years after the war ended. In June, AETN arranged for 47 Arkansas World War II veterans to visit the memorial in Washington, D.C., in a “Tribute Tour.” Watch as these veterans tour the nation’s capital and reflect on their war years in this 90- minute film. 4 | P a g e Special Programs (PBS) - DVD Alfie Live – The Bringing Him Home Tour (2012) – DVD Live at the Royal Festival Hall in London, at Alfie Boe’s sell out tour, the star of Les Miserables and much loved tenor showcases his mesmerizing and outstanding voice in his very own show ‘Bring Him Home’. Alfie is also joined on stage for some unique performances by some very special guests including Matt Lucas, Melanie C., Tom Fletcher from McFly, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Shakira Riddell-Morales. The people’s favorite tenor delights with a truly magical performance. Running Time 1 hour 57 minutes Alone in the Wilderness (2003) – DVD To live in a pristine land unchanged by man…to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed…to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin…to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available…thousands have had such dreams but Richard Proenneke lived them. This DVD is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature’s events that kept him company. 60 minutes American Experience: God in America (2010) – DVD Since the days when the Puritan "city on a hill" beckoned on the horizon of the New World, religious faith and belief have forged America's ideals, molded its identity and shaped its sense of mission at home and abroad. In this 6 episode DVD God in America explores the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America, from the first European settlements to the 2008 presidential election. Approximately 6 hours American Experience: We Shall Remain (2009) – DVD A groundbreaking miniseries that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. Five documentaries span three hundred years to tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. Benjamin Bratt narrates. Disc One includes “After the Mayflower” and “Tecumseh’s Vision.” Disc Two includes “Trail of Tears,” “Geronimo” and “Wounded Knee.” Each disc approx.